Freedom of expression was restricted. Measures to control the spread of COVID-19 limited many people’s access to food. Access to health care was restricted. Early marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) continued in violation of the law. Armed groups committed human rights abuses against the...

The human rights situation in ECOWAS countries varies from one country to another. However, despite these disparities, cross-cutting issues can help understand the pressing needs for human rights protection in the region.

Amnesty International welcomes Chad’s acceptance of 13 recommendations to abolish the death penalty, including for crimes linked to terrorism. While preparing to act on these recommendations, the organization calls on the government to immediately establish an official moratorium on executions. In...

In the wake of the Fourth Republic of Chad and after President Idriss Deby Itno promulgated a new Constitution in May 2018, Chadian authorities have amended a number of laws including the Ordinance no.023/PR/2018 of 27 June 2018, that regulates associations. Amnesty International, Brot für die Welt...

States have noted the potential mutual benefits of creating stronger links between human rights mechanisms with a view to achieving both greater and more effective implementation of human rights obligations and commitments on the ground and increased accountability for delivering the Post-2015...

Over the last 3 years, social unrest born out of harsh austerity measures imposed by the Chadian government and its international creditors has been met with unrelenting repression. This report, based on extensive in-country interviews conducted between November 2017 and May 2018 as well as...

In this submission Amnesty International expresses concern about the increasing use of repressive laws and the intelligence service to muzzle critics and to hamper the work of human rights defenders, citizens’ movements, unionists and journalists critical of the government. Amnesty International...

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Amnesty International’s annual letter-writing marathon is part of our global Write for Rights campaign. It’s in its 15th year this December when millions of Amnesty supporters will use the power of their words to defend human rights. We’ll be sending our personal messages to support the work of...

When President Idriss Déby took power in Chad in 1990, he promised to make a decisive break from the horrors of the previous eight years. Over a quarter of a century later, the conviction of former President Hissène Habré in 2016 for crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture may have gone...

Authorities in Chad must conduct a prompt and independent investigation into the detention and ill-treatment of 17 peaceful protestors arrested on 6 February. Amnesty International calls on the Chadian government to take immediate action to uphold the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and...